Best Nonprofit Budgeting Software in 2026
Updated
Planning a nonprofit budget involves setting financial targets and following results, so compare the tools on the processes your organization relies on. Department budgets and approval workflows address planning and review, while actuals import and budget vs. actuals relate to working with figures and tracking performance. Rolling forecasts and scenario planning add other planning dimensions. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help with access and cost comparisons. Workday Adaptive Planning, Euna Budget and IBM Planning Analytics are first in the ranking, with BudgetPak and Martus among the next entries shown. Use these published details to focus on the budgeting capabilities that fit your work.
Nonprofit Budgeting Software, ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going.4 of 4 products with recorded free access can be tried for free.
- 1 Workday Adaptive Planning
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 2 Aleph
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 3 PlanalyzPaid from $333.33/mo
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 4 OneStream
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 5 Epicor Kinetic
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: yes
- 6 Pigment
- Free to practise on: no
- Free trial: yes
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 7 Epicor FP&A
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 8 Cube
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 9 Euna Budget
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 10 Questica Budget
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 11 CCH Tagetik
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 12 Vena
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 13 Board
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 14 Abacum
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 15 BudgytPaid from $399/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 16 Datarails
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 17 Jedox
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 18 Pebble Impact
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 19 Vareto
- Free to practise on: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 20 MartusPaid from $6,650/mo
- Free to practise on: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
- 21 SAP Customer Data Platform
- Well documented: yes
- 22 BudgetPak
- Well documented: no
- 23 Drivetrain
- Free trial: no
- Well documented: yes
- Runs where you work: no
Compare all 23 in a table
| # | Platform | Score | Free plan | Paid from | Scenario planning | Budget vs. actuals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Workday Adaptive Planning | 7.2 | No | |||
| 2 | Aleph | 6.9 | No | |||
| 3 | Planalyz | 6.8 | Yes | |||
| 4 | OneStream | 6.7 | ||||
| 5 | Epicor Kinetic | 6.6 | ||||
| 6 | Pigment | 6.6 | ||||
| 7 | Epicor FP&A | 6.5 | ||||
| 8 | Cube | 6.3 | ||||
| 9 | Euna Budget | 6.3 | Yes | |||
| 10 | Questica Budget | 6.3 | Yes | |||
| 11 | CCH Tagetik | 6.2 | ||||
| 12 | Vena | 6.2 | ||||
| 13 | Board | 6.1 | No | |||
| 14 | Abacum | 6.0 | ||||
| 15 | Budgyt | 6.0 | No | Yes | ||
| 16 | Datarails | 6.0 | No | Yes | ||
| 17 | Jedox | 6.0 | ||||
| 18 | Pebble Impact | 6.0 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 19 | Vareto | 6.0 | No | |||
| 20 | Martus | 5.9 | No | |||
| 21 | SAP Customer Data Platform | 5.9 | No | |||
| 22 | BudgetPak | 5.7 | ||||
| 23 | Drivetrain | 5.7 | No |
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